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by hyp0 4444 days ago
Am I cynical? The recent changes in Unreal 4 make me think the company is in extremely serious trouble. It's because they aren't addressing the key reason people buy a graphics engine (viz graphics), but all this ancilliary stuff. While it is important, it's off center...

But maybe they are just trying to fend off Unity (open source, a more coherent experience). Usually when companies do this, it's too late. I've no idea if that's the case here.
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k00pa 4444 days ago
Haha.

Note how many games have come out using UE3, think about the royalties coming in.

Also, right now they have just about the best game-engine, only hobbyists and some indies would choose Unity, mostly because its easier.

UE4 will definitely get several high profile games soon from big AAA companies.

I would say that Unity is in deep trouble right now :P

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hyp0 4444 days ago
note that disruption comes from below, not from big AAA titles...
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untog 4444 days ago
note that 90% of the profit comes from big AAA titles, not from below.

... I get what you're saying, but I think the Unreal Engine is going to continue to be a cash cow for a good while yet.

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hyp0 4444 days ago
Digital had bumper profits just before they went under - it's typical, as they go upmarket, to get greater profits. But I'll accept that you get what I'm saying. :)

Another data point: id was killing it (and, to us, Carmack remains undisputed). But they completely lost out the next generation, to Unreal, because of vehicles. I don't think that'll happen here, just disclaimin' past performance is no guarantee of future success.

Though, to be fair, the Quake engine underlied Call of Duty, the most successful franchise (I believe), and it really showed in the framerate. Note: no vehicles. And yes, past tense.

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k00pa 4444 days ago
They didn't even open the latest Id tech to public... They didn't even go to the game.

It has nothing to do with vehicles.

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hyp0 4444 days ago
It was an example of losing dominance, not to do with open.

Re: vehicles. I'm going by what Carmack said in an interview.

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10098 4444 days ago
Last I checked Unity was a closed-source proprietary engine that I had to pay money for.

I'd say they should start worrying about Unity when something like Unreal Tournament 2004 (a decade old game btw) comes out built with Unity.

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zanny 4444 days ago
Maybe he means the Godot engine? I've heard a lot of newer kickstarters are eyeing it since it went FOSS.
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